CDE Offices, Units and Divisions

About Our Offices

This is a complete listing of all CDE divisions, units and offices and links to their webpages where applicable.

For additional information on how CDE is organized, see the CDE Organizational Chart (PDF) and the About CDE page.

Updated: April 2023

• Accountability Analytics Office
• Accountability and Continuous Improvement Unit
• Accounting Office
• Accounting, Contracts and Purchasing
• Adult Education Initiatives Office

• Access, Learning and Literacy Team
• Applications Development Unit
• Assessment Administration Unit
• Assessment Development Unit
• Assessment Division

• Budget Office

• Capital Construction Office
• Charter and Innovation Schools Office
• Colorado State Library
• Colorado State Publications Library
• Colorado Talking Book Library
• Commissioner of Education

• Communications Division
• Contracts and Purchasing Office
• Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Office
• Customer Service Office

• Data Services Unit
• Deputy Commissioner Division
• Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement Office

• Early Childhood Workforce Development Unit
• Educator Development Unit
• Educator Effectiveness Unit
• Educator Licensing Unit
• Educator Preparation and Support Unit
• Educator Recruitment Unit
• Educator Research and Impact Unit
• Educator Talent Division

• Elementary Literacy and School Readiness Office
• eLicensing and Enforcement Unit
• eLicensing Office
• Enforcement Office
• ESEA Office
• ESEA Programs
• Exceptional Student Services Unit

• Facility Schools Office
• Family, School and Community Partnerships Office
• Federal Programs Unit

• Field Services Division
• Fiscal Systems Office

• General Supervision and Monitoring Office
• Gifted Education Office
• Grants Fiscal Management Unit
• Grants Program Administration Unit

• Health and Wellness Office
• Health Services Office
• Human Resources Unit

• Information Management Services Division
• Information Security Unit
• Institutional Library Development Office
• Intensive Supports Office

• Learning Supports Office
• Legislative Relations and Policy Unit
• Library Development Office

• Library Research Service Office
• Literacy Team (READ Act)

• Migrant Education Office

• Networking and Resource Sharing Office

• Online and Blended Learning / Homeschool Office
• Operations Unit

• Performance Assessments and Assessment Literacy
• Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Office
• Preschool Team

• Privacy Services Unit
• Professional Learning and Strategic Partnerships Office
• Project Management Unit

• School and District Transformation Unit
• School Auditing Unit
• School District Operations Division 
• School Finance Unit
• School Health Office
• School Improvement and Planning Office
• School Nutrition Office
• School Quality and Support Division
• Schools of Choice Unit

• Special Education Office
• Standards and Instructional Support Office
• State Board of Education
• Strategic Transformation Office
• Student Learning Division
• Student Pathways
• Student Support Office

• Teaching and Learning Unit
• Transportation Office